WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor by revenue, bested rival General Dynamics Mission Systems for a U.S. Army deal to develop a long-range electronic warfare, signals intelligence and cyber system the service sees as critical to its “deep sensing” playbook.
Under the new arrangement, worth nearly $37 million over 21 months, Lockheed will build a prototype…
WASHINGTON — After spending years at the U.S. Army’s one-stop shop for everything related to electronic warfare and sensor development, including a stint as boss, Mark Kitz is moving on.
Kitz on June 23 was named the next leader of the service’s Program Executive…
WASHINGTON — Leonel Garciga, most recently the top technology officer for U.S. Army intelligence, will be the service’s next civilian chief information officer, C4ISRNET and Army Times have learned.
Garciga is expected to take the post in mid-July. He will succeed Raj…
PARIS — Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall are partnering to offer a European-made rocket launcher based on Lockheed’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) system to Germany and its neighbors.
The GMARS system is envisioned as a wheeled artillery system replacing Berlin’s aging MARS 2 multiple launch rocket systems, Howard Bromberg, vice president and deputy for strategy and business…
WASHINGTON — A new leader is coming to a U.S. Army office tasked with developing, deploying and supporting battlefield communications gear.
Mark Kitz was on June 23 named the next program executive officer for command, control and communications-tactical, or PEO C3T, at…
White House mum on jailed Defense News correspondent
June 22, 2023
Senior White House officials said press freedom would be among the topics discussed this week by President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in private meetings, but would not commit to specifically intervening in the case of Defense News contributor Vivek…
WASHINGTON — The House’s proposed version of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act includes provisions that would push the Air Force to make available more pilot training aircraft — both old and new — and tap the brakes on some future fighter retirements.
The bill, which the House Armed Services Committee advanced early Thursday, includes an amendment from Rep. Ronny Jackson…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army tapped RTX, until recently known as Raytheon Technologies, for a batch of advanced targeting sensors destined for installation aboard drones.
The order for the Common Sensor Payload Version 3, or CSP v3, is worth as much as $118 million and stems…
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin’s decision to publicly back a new next-generation engine for the F-35 — breaking with the Pentagon’s move to upgrade the fighter’s current Pratt & Whitney-made engines — drew a forceful rebuke from Pratt.
Greg Ulmer, executive…
Raytheon rebrands as RTX
June 20, 2023
Defense contractor Raytheon Technologies shed its century-old name this week as the next step in an overhaul of its corporate strategy.
The company unveiled its new three-letter moniker, RTX, in a LinkedIn post on Monday. The rebranding comes three years after Raytheon merged with aerospace manufacturer United Technologies Corp. to form Raytheon Technologies. Since then, the company’s stock has…
